AUSTIN — Two San Antonio Democrats and a powerful special interest group combined to drop more than $1.2 million since Jan.1 in the race to replace state Sen. Leticia Van de Putte — ratcheting up an already pricey contest. New campaign finance re… …

Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson warned Tuesday that a number of security initiatives in Texas and elsewhere along the southern border could be set back if Congress doesn’t resolve its ongoing …

AUSTIN – The gimmick of using money that ostensibly is collected for a specific purpose, like trauma care, to instead balance the budget is under attack again in the Texas Legislature. Lawmakers in 2013 trimmed the amount of so-called general revenue… …

HOUSTON — Ted Cruz will head to Florida later this month to headline a local Republican fundraising dinner, a trip that will put him in front of the Republican voters more familiar with two of Cruz’s …